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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lan's Idea

Hear Lan's idea for the teahouse: she says she has one, Grandma Deng tells her to go on, she proposes short videos that tell their story, Grandma asks who would watch, you say many people want to hear her story, she says she cannot film, Lan says she will film and Grandma need only talk, and Grandma agrees, because trying costs nothing.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Grandma Deng's teahouse at closing time, Lan with her phone out on the table, the lidded bowls pushed aside, Little Deng's ledger still open on the counter.

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个 主意。ge zhǔyian idea, with its measure word
奶奶， 我 有 个 主意。nǎinai, wǒ yǒu ge zhǔyiGrandma, I have an idea.
什么 主意？ 说 吧。shénme zhǔyi? shuō baWhat idea? Go on.
用 手机 就 行。yòng shǒujī jiù xíngA phone will do.
拍 短 视频。pāi duǎn shìpínto shoot short videos
讲 你们 的 故事。jiǎng nǐmen de gùshitell your story
拍 短 视频， 讲 你们 的 故事。pāi duǎn shìpín, jiǎng nǐmen de gùshiShoot short videos, and tell your story.
谁 看 啊？shéi kàn awho'd watch, with the little word of doubt
谁 看 啊？ 我 都 七十八 了。shéi kàn a? wǒ dōu qīshíbā leWho'd watch? I'm seventy-eight.
一 分钟 一 个。yì fēnzhōng yí geOne minute each.

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